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20/06/2025

Iranians long for regime change, but weigh up the cost.

"One of the passages that an Iranian colleague of mine most frequently recites in our team meetings is the call for us to “act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God”.
I was reminded of this as I noted the response of British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani to the current crisis. The bishop, the bookies’ favourite to be the next Archbishop, prayed simply for the Lord to “have mercy”.

Article: SEEN AND UNSEEN
https://www.seenandunseen.com/iranians-long-regime-change-weigh-cost?

19/06/2025

GO Movement 2025 = 30 Countries

Mobilization
Participating churches – 380,738
Christians Mobilized – 1,204,072

Evangelism
Nr. Of people reached – 23,454,404
Decisions made – 1,849,993
People integrated into the Church – 215,003
Nr. Of people baptized – 25,911
New churches planted – 47,449

GO Lifestyle
Believers Active in GO Lifestyle – 66,263
Believers committed to GO Lifestyle – 86,903
Active GO Teams – 4,327

From GO DAY Pentecost Saturday into DAILY GO LIFESTYLE
Join the MOVEMENT https://goday.world

19/06/2025

Christianity is back! Here’s the data!
* BACK TO THE BIBLE
ACROSS THE SECULAR WEST, OVER A QUARTER OF NON-CHRISTIANS HAVE BEGUN TO SHOW AN INTEREST IN THE BIBLE

* STORIES OF FAITH
SCEPTICISM AND APATHY HAVE GIVEN WAY TO SPIRITUAL HUNGER, WITH YOUNG PEOPLE LEADING THE CHARGE

* AROUND THE WORLD
MEETING MISSIONAL NEEDS

Patmos World Bible Attitudes Survey patmos.bfbs.org/Keyinsights

18/06/2025

The Vision Is JESUS x 24-7 Prayer

We exist to help you pray. Get resourced and inspired at 24-7prayer.com. And read the full poem and the story behind it at 24-7prayer.com/thevisionpoem

18/06/2025

“Our prayers can go where we cannot... there are no borders, no prison walls, no doors that are closed to us when we pray.” - Brother Andrew, Founder of Open Doors

🙏 Thy Kingdom Come

18/06/2025

Casting a Renewed Vision for Reaching Asia
Finishing the Task x Fueled by Hope

May 26-27th saw a historic moment in Japan as for the first time since the pandemic, pastors, leaders, media strategists, and mission innovators gathered under one roof in Tokyo for the Asia Strategic Digital Forum 2025—a catalytic space where vision was cast, relationships deepened, and strategies aligned toward one united goal: advancing Gospel movements through media innovation in Asia.

This event represented a Spirit-led re-entry into collaboration after years of disruption, where the Church in Asia took a bold step forward together.

https://finishingthetask.com/casting-a-renewed-vision-for-reaching-asia-asia-strategic-digital-forum-2025

A historic moment in Japan as for the first time since the pandemic, pastors, leaders, media strategists, and mission innovators gathered under one roof in Tokyo for the Asia Strategic Digital Forum 2025—a catalytic space where vision was cast, relationships deepened, and strategies aligned toward...

17/06/2025

The Shift in Church Attendance: Discussion on the surprising increase in church attendance and spiritual hunger.

In this video, Carey Nieuwhof shows you why the attractional church model worked well for a season, but is now mostly outdated and failing. Best yet, I’ll share what you should be doing instead to see your church grow.

Here’s a summary of the key points from the video (by ChatGPT):

📉 Main Argument
The “attractional” church model—where churches aim to bring people in through appealing programming, marketing, and entertainment—is becoming increasingly ineffective in our cultural moment. Traditional techniques focused on attracting outsiders are losing traction.

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🔍 Why It’s Failing

1. Shifts in Cultural Attention
People’s interests and the ways they engage with communities have evolved.

2. Superficial Engagement
Emphasis on external attraction tends to lead to experiences that lack genuine spiritual depth.

3. Community Erosion
Without intentional discipleship, personal connection, and accountability, growth may be hollow and unsustainable.

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🧭 What the Video Suggests Instead

Invest in missional and relational models: Focus on deep, authentic connections—both inside and outside the church walls.

Equip every member to be a disciple-maker: Encourage grassroots growth through everyday relationships, rather than relying on events or slick presentations.

Build decentralized micro‑communities: Smaller groups or house churches with shared accountability can foster stronger spiritual maturity and resilience.

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✨ Takeaways
The video serves as a wake-up call: churches that depend mostly on attractional strategies may see initial growth, but risk fragility and stagnation over time.

It advocates for a paradigm shift—from event-centered models to relationship-based discipleship and mission as the core of church life.

In this video, I’ll show you why the attractional church model worked well for a season, but is now mostly outdated and failing. Best yet, I’ll share what yo...

16/06/2025

Paddle, Preach, and Pray… in the coastal Portuguese city of Porto, a unique spiritual community is, quite literally, making waves.
The Surf Church, led by Brazilian-born pastor and avid surfer Samuel Cianelli dos Anjos, blends traditional worship with surfing.
Every Sunday, people gather on the beach to surf together before walking to a nearby church to worship.
Their motto: “We love waves, and we love Jesus”. Their mission: to connect with young people through a shared love of the ocean.
For Pastor Sam, it’s a way for his parishioners, who are of all ages and come from around the world, to connect once again with their faith.
“If you walk around Porto, you see a lot of churches. If you search in Google, you see all the beautiful, gorgeous churches we have here, but they're empty. That's one of the problems with the old traditional religion. It lost the way how to communicate with people.”
In a country with deep historical and cultural ties to the Catholic Church, Portugal, like many other countries in Europe, has seen a steady decline in the number of young people engaging religion.
Many feel the Church no longer speaks to them in a way they understand and that’s precisely why the Surf Church movement was born a decade ago with Sam's belief you can easily connect with God on a board.
“My deepest moments with God are in the ocean when I'm looking for the next wave. It's when I look to the struggles I was surfing yesterday… when I paddle out, there’s nothing else that I want to do besides praising God.”
But he's also aware that some may be more interested in surfing than religion at first.
“We sell an experience and I even do that professionally as a surf teacher… but that will allow me to eventually have a deeper conversation with you.”
It’s an unconventional approach, that’s drawn both admiration and criticism.
Some argue that Surf Church prioritises surfing and socialising over worship and theological depth.
There are also concerns about the high turnover of members with some newcomers expecting a looser interpretation of the Gospel because of the Church’s casual style.
But Pastor Sam is clear: “The Gospel is the Gospel, and that will never change.”
🎧 Hear more on Heart and Soul:

Paddle, Preach, and Pray - we take you inside Portugal’s 'Surf Church'

15/06/2025

Sending love ❤️ this international Father’s Day 🤗 to people who…

15/06/2025

“I’d like to send a special word of greeting to all the young people.” Pope Leo XIV CHICAGO

Video Message of the Holy Father to the young people of Chicago and the whole world, 14 June 2025

14/06/2025

LIVE INTERVIEW - VirginRadio London with the famous The Chris Evans Breakfast Show

Adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls turns the pages of his new book, The Greatest Story Ever Told, re-telling the story of JESUS from multiple perspectives - and his connection with The Chosen⁦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGgu8nsrS9M
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Adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls turns the pages of his new book, The Greatest Story Ever Told, re-telling the story of Jesus from multiple perspec...

13/06/2025

We've come a long way….ever onward...